Setup Spectron and Testing Library to effectively test your Electron.js application

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:33:01 +0000

In this article, we will setup Spectron and use Testing Library with WebdriverIO to test an Electron.js application.

Spectron is an open source framework for writing integration tests for Electron apps. It starts your application from the binary, so you can test it as a user would use it. Spectron is based on ChromeDriver and WebdriverIO.

Testing Library WebdriverIO is a library you can use to test web applications through WebdriverIO. It’s part of the Testing Library family of libraries.

How using Testing Library will help you improve the accessibility of your application

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:33:01 +0000

Testing Library is a JavaScript testing framework that focuses on testing the way the application is used. Testing Library will also help you avoid testing implementation details and make your tests more maintainable. Testing the way the application is used will give us the confidence that the application is working as intended.

What’s also nice about testing-library, is that its recommended queries are designed to work well on accessible elements. This means using Testing Library will also reveal accessibility problems in your application.

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Setup Spectron and Testing Library to effectively test your Electron.js application

How using Testing Library will help you improve the accessibility of your application